Actually, Series80 (on the Nokia Communicators) did not have a touchscreen. Series90 (on the Nokia 7710) had touch-screen support. Series90 was killed off after one model, however it seems that UI design from Series90 flowed into the Nokia Internet Tablers (Maemo UI for linux). Series80 was killed to make Series60 mainstream, and make S60 be the end-all-and-be-all of Nokia smartphones: business, entertainment, casual smartphone user.
One UI and OS is better than three incompatible ones.
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They kill Series 80, which had touchscreen to begin with, to make another version of Series 60, now with Touchscreen? All because of the iPhone?
Nokia is going down the tubes.
Actually, Series80 (on the Nokia Communicators) did not have a touchscreen. Series90 (on the Nokia 7710) had touch-screen support. Series90 was killed off after one model, however it seems that UI design from Series90 flowed into the Nokia Internet Tablers (Maemo UI for linux). Series80 was killed to make Series60 mainstream, and make S60 be the end-all-and-be-all of Nokia smartphones: business, entertainment, casual smartphone user.
One UI and OS is better than three incompatible ones.